Spinner? (health club use)

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http://www.nypost.com/commentary/61272.htm
March 20, 2006 -- EQUINOX REQUIRES STAFF LOYALTY OATH
IT'S enough to make your head spin. This is a tale of a corporate giant that got spooked by a tiny upstart - and tried to run it out of business.
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But this David-and-Goliath saga revolves around a fad that's captured the imagination - and toned bodies - of some of this town's most prominent men and women.
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It's called spinning.
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Spinning. On the Upper East Side, it's bigger than Kabbalah. More addictive than chocolate. In spinning classes, rows of students sit upon stationary bicycles, where they're led by sadistic instructors through a grueling series of exercises.
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Top teachers have cult followings and are revered like rock stars. Women are known to line up more than an hour before class to beg for their punishment or risk being shut out.
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Which might explain why workout giant Equinox is trying to crush a tiny spinning studio that's daring to horn in on its near-monopoly.

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